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{{Short description|Supermax prison in New South Wales, Australia}}
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}}The '''Goulburn Correctional Centre''' (also known as '''the Circle'''), is an Australian [[Supermax prison|supermaximum]] security [[prison]] for males. It is located in [[Goulburn]], [[New South Wales]], three kilometres north-east of the central business district. The facility is operated by [[Corrective Services NSW]]. The Complex accepts prisoners charged and convicted under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation and serves as a reception prison for Southern New South Wales, and, in some cases, for inmates from the [[Australian Capital Territory]].

The High Risk Management Centre (commonly called the [[Supermax prison#Australia|SuperMax]]) was opened in September 2001. This was the first such facility in Australia and makes the centre the highest security prison in Australia.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/islam-prison-gang-busted/2007/04/21/1176697161148.html |title=Mastermind recruiting Islamic gang inside super jail |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|author=Mitchell, Alex |access-date=6 January 2012 |date=22 April 2007}}</ref> Supermax was completely renovated over 9 months and completed in April 2020.

The current structure incorporates a massive, heritage-listed hand-carved [[Hawkesbury sandstone|sandstone]] gate and [[façade]] that was opened in 1884 based on designs by the [[New South Wales Government Architect|Colonial Architect]], [[James Barnet]]. The complex is listed on the [[Register of the National Estate]] and the [[New South Wales State Heritage Register]] as a site of State significance.<ref name=shr>{{cite NSW SHR|5000652|Goulburn Correctional Centre complex|fn=S94/00024/01|access-date=15 September 2017}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Goulburn Gaol (6439128979).jpg|thumb|Goulburn Gaol with its now heritage-listed entrance]]
Goulburn's first lock-up was built around 1830 and gallows were built as early as 1832 when floggings were common.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.igoulburn.com/FastFact/gaol.aspx |title=Fast Fact: Goulburn Gaol |publisher=Tourism Business Unit of Goulburn Mulwaree Council |access-date=5 January 2012 |archive-date=26 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626182957/http://www.igoulburn.com/FastFact/gaol.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> The first Goulburn Gaol was proclaimed on 28 June 1847, attached to the local Courthouse. When the Controller of Prisons first reported to parliament in 1878 Goulburn Gaol had accommodation for 63 segregated and 127 associated prisoners, and held 66 prisoners; inclusive of one female.<ref name=records>{{cite web |url=http://investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/Entity.aspx?Path=\Agency\419 |title=Goulburn Gaol (1847 - 1928) / Goulburn Reformatory (1928 - 1949) / Goulburn Training Centre (1949 - 1993) / Goulburn Correctional Centre (1993 - ) |work=State Records |publisher=Government of New South Wales |year=1996 }}</ref>

The plan for the new prison complex was developed in 1879 as part of a scheme to "bring the Colony from its backward position as regards to prison buildings", in J. Barnet's office under the supervision of William Coles.<ref name=nswshr-808-1100>State Projects 1995; Kerr 1994</ref> It was built by Frederick Lemm of [[Sydney]] between 1881 and 1884 at a cost of sixty-one thousand pounds. It was formally proclaimed as a public gaol, prison and house of correction from 1 July 1884. The gaol also became a place of detention for male prisoners under sentence or transportation. The new gaol increased the capacity of the gaol to 182 separated and 546 associated prisoners. In the year ended 1884 there were a total of 295 prisoners in custody. The opening of the gaol was part of the public works boom in the town during the 1869- 6 period and boosted employment as well as local industry. In 1893 prison labour was used to build an additional 127 cells to Goulburn Gaol, six exercise yards for 'youthful offenders' and a further yard for prisoners awaiting trial. This extension enabled Goulburn gaol to operate on the principle of restricted association which was gradually being adopted throughout the Colony. The following year additional cells were erected for female prisoners. The '7th class' prisoners were moved into the former women's cells thus preventing contact between these young prisoners and serious offenders. Steam cooking facilities were installed and a {{convert|70|ft|adj=on}} chimney was erected, new workshops were planned to create one of the most complete prison complexes in NSW.<ref name=records/><ref name=nswshr-808>{{cite NSW SHR|5000652|Goulburn Correctional Centre complex|hr=00808|fn=S94/00024/01|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>

Areas for agricultural cultivation were introduced in 1897-1899 and a bakery was constructed in 1916. In 1957, work commenced on a new cell block outside the walls of the gaol to accommodate prisoners employed at the agricultural area. This wing opened in 1961. During 1966-1967 a new education block and auditorium were completed.<ref name=nswshr-808-1101>State Projects 1995</ref><ref name=nswshr-808/>

For eighty years up to the 1970s, Goulburn was the establishment within the NSW penal system with a particular role in the reformation of first time and young offenders. It had a long history of agricultural and industrial training and education and built up a strong economic and social association with the town of Goulburn.<ref name=nswshr-808/>

The prison was renamed the Goulburn Reformatory in 1928, and became known as the Goulburn Training Centre in 1949. In 1992 the centre was again renamed Goulburn Correctional Centre.<ref name=records/>

In 1986–1988, the first major redevelopment project was undertaken. It involved the extension of the perimeter walls to include a new industrial and sports area and the construction of a high security segregation unit.<ref name=nswshr-808-1102>Kerr 1994: 20-21</ref><ref name=nswshr-808/>

Initially, Goulburn was one of the principal gaols in NSW. Its early prime focus was upon the first offenders where a program of employment, educational opportunities, physical education in addition to the scheme of restricted association was credited for a relatively low level of re-offending.<ref name=records/>

In 2015, Goulburn attracted controversy after a prisoner who was housed in the maximum security wing escaped after he cut through a gate at the back of a small secure exercise yard attached to his cell, tied bed sheets together to scale a wall, and put a pillow around his waist to avoid being hurt by razor wire.<ref name=jamieson>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-18/maximum-security-prisoner-escapes-from-goulburn-prison/6706094 |title=Maximum security prisoner Stephen Jamieson ties bed sheets together, climbs jail wall to escape from Goulburn prison |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |location=Australia |date=18 August 2015 |access-date=18 August 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-33983559 |title=Australia inmate captured after using bed sheets to flee |work=[[BBC News]] |date=18 August 2015 |access-date=24 December 2015 }}</ref> In the same year the [[Minister for Justice (New South Wales)#Corrective Services|Minister for Corrections]] announced that security would be tightened following a breach when an inmate was caught with a contraband mobile phone that he used to upload pictures and text to a social media website.<ref name="wiles">{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/goulburn-jail-escapee-beau-wiles-arrested-20151001-gizdeu-html |title=Prisoner Beau Wiles posts to Facebook, escapes from Goulburn jail |author=Ralston, Nick |date=30 September 2015 |access-date=24 December 2015 |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] }}</ref><ref name="abc">{{cite news |url=http://abc.net.au/news/2015-09-30/inmate-escapes-from-goulburn-correctional-centre-nsw/6816030 |title=Prisoner escapes from Goulburn Correctional Centre NSW |work=ABC News |location=Australia |date=30 September 2015 |access-date=24 December 2015 }}</ref>

In late 2016, a two-year trial of [[mobile phone jamming]] equipment at the prison was approved by the [[Australian Communications & Media Authority]];<ref name="goulburnpost-phone-jam-trial">{{cite news |last1=Cole|first1=David |title=Phone jammer at jail soon |url=http://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/4264684/phone-jammer-at-jail-soon/ |access-date=17 August 2017 |work=[[Goulburn Post]] |date=1 November 2016}}</ref> following a successful trial of jamming at the [[Lithgow Correctional Centre]].<ref name="abc-lithgow-jam-trial">{{cite news |title=NSW jail trials phone-jamming technology |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-16/intelligence-linked-mobile-to-bassam-hamzy-corrective-services/7851078 |access-date=17 August 2017 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=24 September 2013}}</ref> In November 2021 a five-year permit was granted for the use of mobile phone jamming equipment at the prison.<ref>https://correctiveservices.dcj.nsw.gov.au/documents/csnsw-fact-sheets/mobile-phone-jamming-trial-goulburn.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=November 2025}}</ref>

==High-Risk Management Correctional Centre==
Opened in 2001 at a cost of A$20 million,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://justiceaction.org.au/cms/about/history-of-the-prisoner-movement |title=Chronology of the Prisoner Movement in Australia |publisher=Justice Action |access-date=6 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120112140/http://justiceaction.org.au/cms/about/history-of-the-prisoner-movement |archive-date=20 January 2012}}</ref> the Super Maximum facility is located within the confines of the Goulburn Correctional Centre. Initially called the High-Risk Management Unit (HRMU, also referred to by inmates as HARM-U), it was Australia's first Supermax prison since the closure of the [[Long Bay Correctional Centre#Katingal facility|Katingal facility at the Long Bay Correctional Centre]] in 1978. The facility is the most secure prison within the NSW correctional system, and the inmates are subject to very strict daily regimes, and under intense scrutiny by security. Goulburn HRMCC has received complaints by prisoners, including the lack of natural light and fresh air; access to legal books; the use of isolation and solitary confinement; limited and enclosed exercise; self-mutilation and harsh treatment.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Brown |first=David |title=Contemporary comment: The Nagle Royal Commission 25 years on (speech delivered to the NSW Council of Liberties at NSW Parliament House |date=5 September 2003 |journal=[[Current Issues in Criminal Justice]] |volume=15 |pages=170–175 |url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/cicj15&div=18&id=&page= |number=2  |doi=10.1080/10345329.2003.12036288 |s2cid=218507670 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Brown |first=David |chapter=Royal Commissions and criminal justice: behind the ideal. |editor1-first=G |editor1-last=Gilligan |editor2-last=Pratt |editor2-first=J  |title=Crime, Truth and Justice: Official inquiry, discourse, knowledge |location=United Kingdom |publisher=William Publishing |year=2004 }}</ref> A 2008 report by the [[Ombudsmen in Australia#State ombudsmen|New South Wales Ombudsman]] explained that there is "no doubt… that the HRMU does not provide a therapeutic environment for these inmates".<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Corrections: High-Risk Management Unit |publisher=New South Wales Ombudsman |page=128 |year=2008 |title=Annual Report 2007 – 2008 |url=http://www.ombo.nsw.gov.au/publication/PDF/annualreport/AR_Ombo_07-08.pdf|author=Barbour, Bruce |access-date=6 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321122446/http://www.ombo.nsw.gov.au/publication/PDF/annualreport/AR_Ombo_07-08.pdf |archive-date=21 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In spite of the security measures inside the HRMCC, in June 2011 it was reported that an unnamed inmate in the centre had allegedly smuggled a mobile phone into the unit and plotted two kidnappings and a shooting. Criminal charges were laid against the inmate and his alleged co-conspirators.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/national/goulburn-supermax-inmate-using-smuggled-mobile-phone-allegedly-plotted-kidnappings-and-shooting/story-e6frfkvr-1226072561046#ixzz1idRaQRNT |title=Goulburn SuperMax inmate using smuggled mobile phone allegedly plotted kidnappings and shooting |date=9 June 2011 |access-date=6 January 2012 |work=[[Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]|location=Sydney}}</ref>

== Heritage listing ==
The Goulburn Correctional Centre is significant for the strength of its original radial plan centred on the chapel, and the strength of the spatial relationships created by the plan. It has a close relationship with Goulburn township. Both town and institution have grown together and are economically and socially interdependent. It has a recorded association with a number of famous and infamous characters. It is also significant because of the way its continuous 110-year history of penal use is embodied in its physical fabric and documentary history.<ref name=nswshr-808-1104>Kerr 1994: 22</ref><ref name=nswshr-808/>

Goulburn Correctional Centre was listed on the [[New South Wales State Heritage Register]] on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.<ref name=nswshr-808/>

'''The place is important in demonstrating the course, or pattern, of cultural or natural history in New South Wales.'''

The Goulburn Correctional Centre has a recorded association with a number of famous and infamous characters, both staff and inmates, including a [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] Cross winner, bushrangers, larrikins, labour leaders and murderers.<ref name=nswshr-808-1104/><ref name=nswshr-808/>

'''The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.'''

The Goulburn Correctional Centre is significant for the strength of its original radial plan centred on the chapel, and the strength of the spatial relationships created by the plan. It is significant for the quality, inventiveness and durability of its original masonry, the unusually fine and sturdy roof structures in the chapel and radial wings and the harmonious textures and colours of its original brick, stone, render, slate and iron work. It has a pleasant location above the junction of the Wollondilly and Mulwarree Ponds with views to the north and east.<ref name=nswshr-808-1104/><ref name=nswshr-808/>

'''The place has strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group in New South Wales for social, cultural or spiritual reasons.'''

The Goulburn Correctional Centre has a close relationship with Goulburn township. Both town and institution have grown together and are economically and socially interdependent. Goulburn has become the major judicial and penal centre of the [[Southern Highlands (New South Wales)|Southern Highlands]].<ref name=nswshr-808-1104/><ref name=nswshr-808/>

'''The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.'''

The Goulburn Correctional Centre is significant because of the way its continuous 110-year history of penal use is embodied in its physical fabric and documentary history.<ref name=nswshr-808-1104/><ref name=nswshr-808/>

'''The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.'''

Goulburn was one of the two Maclean-inspired gaols in NSW which best incorporated all that had been learned of penal design in the nineteenth century. The other, [[Bathurst Correctional Complex]], has lost its chapel and been substantially remodelled.<ref name=nswshr-808-1104/><ref name=nswshr-808/>

==Notable prisoners==
{{more citations needed|section|date=September 2017}}
The following individuals have served all or part of their sentence at the Goulburn Correctional Centre:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Inmate name !! Date sentenced !! Length of sentence !! Currently<br/>incarcerated !! Date eligible for release !! Nature of conviction / Notoriety !! Notes 
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| {{nowrap|[[Malcolm George Baker]]}} ||align=center| {{dts|1993|08|6|format=dmy}} || Six consecutive terms of [[life imprisonment]] plus 25 years ||align=center| Died in 2024 || align="center" | {{nowrap|No possibility of parole}} || [[Central Coast Massacre]], 1992 || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anzsoc.org/conferences/1998/anderson.pdf |title=SENTENCING FOR "LIFE" IN NEW SOUTH WALES |author=Anderson, John |date=1998 |publisher=Australia and New Zealand Society of Criminology |access-date=21 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090915035226/http://www.anzsoc.org/conferences/1998/anderson.pdf |archive-date=15 September 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| Darryl Burrell ||align=center| ||20 years ||align=center|Died in 2012 of cancer || || Convicted of armed robbery. Managed to escape briefly after playing soccer for the prison team.||<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19800623&id=AP5jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3eYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6862,7732632 |title=Controls on prisoners to be tightened |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |author1=Molloy, Paul |author2=Dasey, Jason |date=23 June 1980 |access-date=24 December 2015 }}</ref>
|-
| Leslie Camilleri ||align=center| ||Two consecutive terms of life imprisonment plus 183 years ||align=center|Yes ||align=center|No possibility of parole || The [[Bega schoolgirl murders]] and the murder of Prue Bird in 1992; held at the prison before being extradited. || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-05/school-girl-killer-sentenced/5138310 |title=Bega killer Leslie Camilleri sentenced over murder of Melbourne schoolgirl Prue Bird |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |author=Farnsworth, Sarah |date=5 December 2018 |access-date=31 August 2025 }}</ref> 
|-
| Khaled Cheikho ||rowspan=2 align=center|{{dts|2010|2|15|format=dmy}} || 27 years ||align=center|Yes ||align=center| || rowspan=2| Conspiring to manufacture explosives for use in the [[2005 Sydney terrorism plot]] ||rowspan=2|<ref name=halal>{{cite news |url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/a/32206336/terrorist-prisoners-complain-about-conditions-halal-food-prices-in-nsw-maximum-security-jail/ |title=Terrorist prisoners complain about conditions, halal food prices in NSW maximum security jail |work=Y7 News |date=1 August 2016 |access-date=16 September 2017 }}</ref><ref name=abcterror>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-12/sydney-terrorism-convictions-appeal-dismissed/5963474 |title=Sydney men lose appeal against 2009 terrorism convictions |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |location=Australia |author=Rice, Deborah |date=12 December 2014 |access-date=16 September 2017 }}</ref> 
|-
| Moustafa Cheikho ||26 years ||align=center|Yes ||align=center| 
|-
| [[Ray Denning]] ||align=center| || ||align=center| ||align=center| || Armed robber and serial prison escapee. ||<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/jacktheinsider/index.php/theaustralian/comments/ray_denning_and_the_lessons_unlearnt_in_our_justice_system/P150/ |title=Ray Denning and lessons un-learnt in our justice system |work=[[The Australian]] |date=24 August 2011 |access-date=4 January 2012 |author=Jack The Insider Blog |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115005525/http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/jacktheinsider/index.php/theaustralian/comments/ray_denning_and_the_lessons_unlearnt_in_our_justice_system/P150/ |archive-date=15 January 2013}}</ref>
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| Mohamed Ali Elomar ||align=center|{{dts|2010|2|15|format=dmy}} || 28 years ||align=center|Yes ||align=center| || Conspiring to manufacture explosives for use in the 2005 Sydney terrorism plot || <ref name=halal/><ref name=abcterror/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/mohamed-moey-elomar-goes-from-celebrated-boxing-champion-to-wanted-terrorist/news-story/e901629c6fff8d3745d07df8f271385c |title=Mohamed "Moey" Elomar goes from celebrated boxing champion to wanted terrorist |work=news.com.au |date=31 July 2014 |access-date=16 September 2017 |author1=Law, James |author2=O'Neill, Marnie  }}</ref>
|-
| [[Sef Gonzales]] ||align=center| ||Three concurrent terms of life imprisonment ||align=center|Yes ||align=center|No possibility of parole || The murders of his parents, Teddy and Mary Loiva, and younger sister Clodine.|| {{citation needed|date=September 2017}} 
|-
| [[Bassam Hamzy]] ||align=center| || ||align=center| ||align=center| || The 1998 shooting murder of Kris Toumazis outside a Sydney nightclub, and was subsequently convicted for conspiring to murder a witness against him. Founder of the [[Brothers for Life]] street gang. || <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/national-news/is-australia8217s-most-dangerous-gangster-bassam-hamzy-still-in-control/story-fncynjr2-1226696907408 |work=news.com.au |title=Is Australia's most dangerous gangster Bassam Hamzy still in control? |date=13 August 2013 |author=Sutton, Candace |access-date=24 December 2015}}</ref>
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| Abdul Rakib Hasan ||align=center|{{dts|2010|2|15|format=dmy}} || 26 years ||align=center|Yes ||align=center| || Conspiring to manufacture explosives for use in the 2005 Sydney terrorism plot || <ref name=halal/><ref name=abcterror/>
|-
| [[Robert Hughes (Australian actor)|Robert Hughes]] ||align=center| {{dts|2014|5|16|format=dmy}} ||Ten years and nine months with a non-parole period of six years ||align=center|Released 2022 ||align=center|April 2020 || Actor and star of Australian sitcom ''[[Hey Dad!]]'', sentenced for two counts of [[sexual assault]], seven counts of [[indecent assault]], and one count of committing an indecent act involving girls from 6 to 15 during the 1980s. || <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/05/16/robert-hughes-sentenced-child-sex-offences|title=Robert Hughes sentenced for child sex offences|publisher=SBS News|date=16 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/books-magazines/hey-dad-actor-robert-hughes-gets-attacked-with-human-excrement-by-fellow-prisoners/story-fna50uae-1227467704064 |title=Hey Dad! actor Robert Hughes taunted and pelted with excrement by fellow inmates |work=news.com.au |date=3 August 2015 |access-date=24 December 2015 }}</ref>
|-
| Sam Ibrahim ||align=center| || ||align=center| ||align=center| || A brother of [[John Ibrahim]], pleaded guilty to possession of four prohibited weapons. ||<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/indepth/sam-ibrahims-wife-doesnt-want-him-in-supermax/story-fn2mt2ft-1225739595336 |title=Sam Ibrahim's wife doesn't want him in Supermax |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=Sydney|date=24 June 2009 |author=Barrett, David |access-date=4 May 2012 }}</ref>
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| Mohammed Omar Jamal ||align=center|{{dts|2010|2|15|format=dmy}} || 23 years ||align=center|Yes ||align=center| || Conspiring to manufacture explosives for use in the [[2005 Sydney terrorism plot]]|| <ref name=halal/><ref name=abcterror/>
|-
| {{nowrap|Stephen Wayne "Shorty" Jamieson}} ||align=center| {{dts|1990|9|19|format=dmy}} || Life imprisonment plus 25 years ||align=center|Yes ||align=center|No possibility of parole || The [[murder of Janine Balding]]. ||{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}
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| [[Michael Kanaan]] ||align=center| || Three consecutive terms of life imprisonment plus 50 years 4 months ||align=center|Yes ||align=center|No possibility of parole || Three murders in Sydney in 1998. ||{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}
|-
| [[Bilal Khazal]] ||align=center|{{dts|2009|9|25|format=dmy}} || 14 years ||align=center|Paroled August 2020 ||align=center|9-year non-parole period || For producing a book whilst knowing it was connected with assisting a [[terrorist]] attack. ||<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-10/supermax-prison-to-be-overhauled-due-to-radicalisation-fears/7918782 |title=Islamic State: Counter-terrorism officials fear Supermax prison further radicalising inmates |author1=Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Sean |author2=Dredge, Suzanne |work=[[7.30]] |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC TV]] |location=Australia |date=10 October 2016 |access-date=16 September 2017 }}</ref>
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| [[Ivan Milat]] ||align=center| || Seven consecutive terms of life imprisonment plus 18 years ||align=center|Died from esophageal and stomach cancer on 27 October 2019, at [[Long Bay Correctional Centre]], [[Malabar, New South Wales]] ||align=center|Deceased|| The Belanglo State Forest [[backpacker murders]]. ||<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/ivan-milat-cuts-off-a-finger/2009/01/27/1232818339450.html |title=Ivan Milat cuts off a finger |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=27 January 2009 |author=Robinson, Georgina |access-date=4 January 2012 }}</ref>
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| Les Murphy ||align=center| || Life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 34 years ||align=center|Yes ||align=center|Unlikely to ever be released ||rowspan=2| The [[murder of Anita Cobby]]. ||{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}
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| Michael Murphy ||align=center| || Life imprisonment plus 50 years ||align=center|Died 21 February 2019 ||align=center|No possibility of parole ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-22/anita-cobby-killer-michael-murphy-dead/10836460|title=Killer of Sydney nurse Anita Cobby dies in prison|first=Paige|last=Cockburn|date=22 February 2019|website=ABC News|access-date=22 February 2019}}</ref>
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| [[Malcolm Naden]] ||align=center| || Life imprisonment plus 40 years ||align=center|Yes ||align=center|No possibility of parole || Two murders, an indecent assault on a 12-year-old girl, and the attempted murder of a police officer. At the time of his arrest in 2012, Naden was Australia's most wanted fugitive. ||<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/naden-in-good-spirits-in-supermax-20120323-1vodi.html |title=Naden in 'good spirits' in Supermax |author=Walsh, Gerard |date=23 March 2012 |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=23 March 2012 }}</ref>
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| [[Ngo Canh Phuong]] ||align=center| || Life imprisonment ||align=center|Yes ||align=center|No possibility of parole || The assassination of Cabramatta MP [[John Newman (Australian politician)|John Newman]]. ||{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}
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| George Savvas ||align=center| || 25 years ||align=center| Deceased in 1997 ||align=center|n/a || A wholesale narcotics dealer who escaped from the prison for nine months in 1997. || <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/great-escapes/2006/01/20/1137734154421.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2 |work=Sydney Morning Herald |author=Gibbs, Stephen |date=21 January 2006 |title=Great escapes |access-date=4 January 2012 }}</ref>
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| [[Bilal Skaf]] ||align=center| || 31 years' imprisonment ||align=center|Yes ||align=center|{{nowrap|28-year non-parole period}} || The [[Sydney gang rapes]] in 2000. || <ref>{{cite news |title=Skaf lampoons gang rape |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/20/1058639654219.html |date=20 July 2003 |work=[[The Age|The Sunday Age]] |access-date=4 January 2012 |agency=[[Australian Associated Press|AAP]] |location=Melbourne}}</ref> 
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| John Travers ||align=center| || Life imprisonment plus 65 years ||align=center|Yes ||align=center|No possibility of parole || The [[murder of Anita Cobby]]. ||{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}
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| [[Mark Valera]] (van Krevel) ||align=center| || Two consecutive terms of life imprisonment ||align=center|Yes ||align=center|No possibility of parole || The 1998 murders of David O'Hearn and [[Frank Arkell]]. ||{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}
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| [[Lindsey Robert Rose|Lindsey Rose]] ||align=center|{{dts|1998|9|3|format=dmy}} || Five consecutive terms of life imprisonment ||align=center|Yes ||align=center|No possibility of parole || The murders of Bill Cavanagh, Carmelita Lee, Reynette Holford, Fatma Ozonal and Kerrie Pang between 1984 and 1994. ||<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 18, 1998 |title=Lindsey Robert Rose arriving at NSW Supreme Court in handcuffs where he pleaded guilty to five murder charges |work=Newspix / News Ltd |url=http://www.newspix.com.au/Packages/ViewImage.aspx?id=551179 |access-date=21 April 2009}}</ref>
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| Abuzar Sultani
||  ||Three consecutive terms of life imprisonment|| align="center" |Yes ||align=center|No possibility of parole || Murders of Pasquale Barbaro, Mehmet Yilmaz and Michael Davey in 2016. ||<ref>Gangster stabs triple murderer in Goulburn Supermax prison - news.com.au https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/crime/gangster-stabs-triple-murderer-in-goulburn-supermax-prison/news-story/c14b49fdd692af2043b8b8da38b28596</ref>
|}

==See also==
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*[[Punishment in Australia]]
* [[Bathurst Correctional Complex]]

== References ==
=== Citations ===
{{Reflist}}

=== Sources ===
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* {{NSW-SHR-CC-contains|name=Goulburn Correctional Centre complex|dno=5000652|id=00808|year=2018|accessdate=2 June 2018}}
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==Further reading==
*Cronin, Michelle (2001). "Goulburn jail a hell-hole, says activist." ''Canberra Times''
*(2001). "Australia's 'most secure' prison to open at Goulburn today." ''Canberra Times''. 1 June.
*(2007). "Gang Rapist Bashed in Prison." ''Canberra Times''. 10 February.
*(1997). "George back in jail after two minutes in court." ''Daily Telegraph'' (Sydney). 22 March.

==External links==
{{commons category|Goulburn Correctional Centre}}
* [http://www.correctiveservices.justice.nsw.gov.au/Pages/CorrectiveServices/custodial-corrections/table-of-correctional-centres/goulburn.aspx Goulburn Correctional Centre webpage] – part of Corrective Services NSW
*{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2005/s1496719.htm |author=Masters, Chris |author-link=Chris Masters (writer) |work=Four Corners |title=SuperMax |date=17 November 2005 |access-date= 4 January 2012 }}{{spaced ndash}}investigative report with transcript and broadband links available.
*{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/inside-the-walls-of-supermax-prison-goulburn/story-e6freuy9-1225710453612 |title=Inside the walls of SuperMax prison, Goulburn |author=Watson, Rhett |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=Sydney|date=9 May 2009 |access-date=4 January 2012 }}{{spaced ndash}}a journalist's view on spending time in Goulburn's SuperMax, at the invitation of the Commissioner of Corrective Services.

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